A witness seminar is a method of collecting
oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people wh ...
material, whereby a number of people connected to an event or topic meet to share recollections of their involvement.
The results may be recorded or videoed and an edited transcript published.
The concept was conceived and formalised by the
Institute of Contemporary British History
The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hous ...
(now the
Centre for Contemporary British History
The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hous ...
) and was subsequently adopted by
The History of Modern Biomedicine Group,
and published as volumes in the ''Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine'' series.
References
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External links
Catalogue of the Centre for Contemporary British History Witness Seminar Programme, 1986-
Oral history